Tuesday, November 6, 2012
President Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan. NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you." The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from President Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy. The race tightened during the final months of the campaign, with gaffes and surges …
Democrat Elizabeth Warren beat incumbent candidate Scott Brown in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race.
Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren has beaten incumbent Republican candidate Scott Brown for a seat on the U.S. Senate, according to the Associated Press. Warren is won by a margin of eight percentage points, 54 percent to 46 percent, making her the first female senator elected in Massachusetts. An estatic Warren addressed a crowd of hundreds of excited supporters at the Copley Fairmont Plaza hotel in Boston on Tuesday night. "We did what everyone thought was impossible," she said. "We taught a scrappy, first-time candidate how to win." "You took on the powerful Wall Street banks and let them know that you want a Senator out there fighting for the middle class all of the time," she said. "And despite the odds, you elected the first …
How might the U.S. Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren affect the presidential race—and vice-versa? Find out what local politicos think, and check here late for election results. Connect with us on Twitter at #PatchElections.
Check back at your local Patch all day for live election updates. While Massachusetts is expected to go to Barack Obama over Mitt Romney in the race for President of the United States, influential Massachusetts political insiders have varying opinions on how the U.S. Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren will affect the presidential race, and vice versa. According to results from the Blue Commonwealth and Red Commonwealth surveys sent out last week and compiled today, Monday, 60 percent of the 23 local Republicans who responded think that the Brown-Warren race will result a modest increase in votes for Romney, while 40 percent of the 20 local Democrats who responded think the U.S. Senate race will increase Obama's total of …
Monday, October 1, 2012
Did you miss one of these stories last month?
The numbers are in, and these are the stories that people on Beacon Hill and beyond looked at the most in September. If you missed one, remember that it's never to late to comment on any article! 1. Who Won the Brown-Warren Debate?: The debate was the first of four planned tilts between the candidates, and it saw disagreement between the two on just about every topic. 2. Is Boston the Most Racist City in America?: Earlier this month, a writer at Deadspin named Boston as the second-most racist city in the United States. 3. Man Trapped Under Red Line Train Tuesday in Critical Condition 4. Man Shot in Public Garden in Stable Condition: Police said that a man in his 50s was shot in the PublicGarden at 4:07 a.m. 5. Police: Man Attacked After …
Monday, October 3, 2011
Did you miss one of these Beacon Hill Patch stories last month?
The numbers are in, and these are the stories that people on Beacon Hill and beyond looked at the most in September. If you missed one, remember that it's never to late to comment on any article! 1. Protesters Dump Trash at Bank of America President's Beacon Hill Home Hauling several bags of garbage left at a foreclosed Bank of America property in Malden, dozens of protesters showed up at bank president Robert Gallery's Beacon Hill home Wednesday to dump the trash and unload fury. 2. Beacon Hill Prepares for Massive Hemp Rally on Common Beacon Hill is used to dealing with the influx of protestors, tourists and others who come to events on the Boston Common, but this Saturday's huge Freedom Rally/HempFest puts some residents' mettle to the …
Jim Smith
9:16 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
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